This is a different blog entry, because I’m turning it over to someone else — defensive lineman Kenny Peterson. He rejoined the team this week for the first time since the four-game suspension for violation of the league’s policy on steroids and related substances that he served in September.
Upon returning to Dove Valley, Peterson read some of the comments in the blog entry that focused upon his signing and wanted to share his perspective. Here’s what he wanted to pass along:
Never once have I taken any type of steroid or anything of that nature. What I got suspended for was an illegal substance in a fat-burner. It wasn’t a performance enhancer or anything like that. It was something I got off the Internet, but it had one ingredient that was banned by the league. I didn’t know it was in there. I didn’t do it maliciously.
So for people to keep bringing it up bothers me a little bit. That just shows that they don’t know who I am, and they don’t understand me as a person. I would never take (a steroid).
I read most of the comments, and appreciate the ones that were supportive.
People are entitled to their opinion, and how they feel — which is fine. But if you do criticize somebody else, know your facts. Unless you walked a mile in a man’s shoes, you can’t talk about that person. That’s something I was raised with as a young kid — to not go around judging people or criticizing them, when you yourself aren’t perfect.
Nobody on this earth is perfect. So you can’t sit here and criticize or chastise anybody.
People are entitled to their opinion, but I just don’t want people to give me that stigma, that scarlet letter or anything like that. I just want people to know who I am, and to know that I’m not that type of person.
The reason the Broncos did bring me back is that obviously (Head) Coach (Mike) Shanahan and (General Manager) Ted Sundquist and the defensive coaches knew about my character and me as a person, and they liked the way I did some things out there on the field. If not, I wouldn’t be back here.
I just hate it when people criticize people. If everybody takes time to look at themselves instead of pointing the finger at everybody else, then maybe the world would be a little bit better.
Gentle — and not-so-gentle — readers, know this … some players do peruse these blogs, and from talking to Peterson, they do take some words personally. They might be shielded on game days by pads and helmets, but beneath all the accoutrements, they’re still human. While I I haven’t talked with Peterson as much as some other players in the locker room in the last two years, he’s been kind, cordial and respectful in all my dealings with him.
Shanahan and assistant head coach/defense Jim Bates also talked about Peterson.
SHANAHAN: “Kenny is a little bit more experienced with what we’re doing now defensively and we’re going to give him a shot. We’re trying to get the best players out there and give us a chance to do something on third downs and we thought he might help us.”
BATES: “We’re going to use Kenny. We know Kenny has a lot of ability. He can play both positions and give us some pass rush, so we like his versatility.”
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I am not sure what is funnier: the talk about Jake or the person arguing with the person talking about Jake! Too funny!
So what could make this better? Well…I will throw my two cents in. Jake was great but the NFL version of a “system” QB. As soon as teams kept the defensive end or LB in contain on the edge it was all over. Jake had a chance to show he could adapt and pass from the pocket. In the end, he didnt adapt well and continued to show poor decision making.
Jay is not an elite QB…yet! 9 td’s and 9 interceptions is all you need to know. By season end, I bet he is something like 18 and 16 in that category. However, when it is on the line and late in the game he can move the team! He will be great. At some point we need younger, bigger bodies on the o-line for him.
And yes, what Jay did in those last minute drives was spectacular. It is something Jake never had to do. O wait….from the rocky mountain news:
“After nine years, Elway had thrown for about 27,900 yards, 148 touchdowns and 140 interceptions; Plummer has thrown for about 27,200 yards, 150 touchdowns and 148 interceptions and played for a worse team for the first six years of his career.”
And don’t forget:
“He has had his only 4,000-yard season with the Broncos and set a team record last season with 229 attempts without an interception. With the Broncos he also holds the team record for passing in a season with 4,089 yards and tied Elway for the single-season touchdown mark with 27 — Plummer reached both of those totals in 2004.”
And Also:
Rank Quarterback Wins Losses
1 Jake Plummer 19 28
2 Peyton Manning 19 29
2 Vinny Testavede 19 29
4 Tom Brady 13 8
Hmmm….Interesting stat since Manning and Brady are the “best QB’s in the league.
Those are 4th quarter comeback stats for their career by the way.
Peterson,
First of all I don’t believe I responded to the blog about you, but I will most defiantly reply to this. First I would like to say I can really respect you for putting yourself on a limb like this, and I would like to say you are a big dude witch makes me excited to see you play. Because you are big average joe’s and going to look at you, hear the reason you got suspended and assume the worst. One thing I was thought as a kid is there is a lot of self centered arrogant people in this world that wont give a damn about you unless there is something in it for them. Having said that you are a guy that is coming back to Denver, and some not so good fans may have not heard your name before. Right now some of these people are really upset that they have been watching the Broncos all year and the record doesn’t reflect the talent. So those people that are talking smack before getting the full story mad that they aren’t getting what they want as a fan (a dream team). Now I think you have the talent, and after last week I know you have the ability to win these games but being who you are (a soon to be famous football player after killing VY on national television) people aren’t going to treat you with respect until you earn it. Although I am sure you have stopped reading by now you can harness those negative comments that kind of tick you off and use that on the field as a spark to do what you know you can do.
LOL @ YOU COMPARING JAKE PLUMMER TO TOM BRADY AND PEYTON MANNING! You and your love fest with Jake Plummer need to get a room, it’s too much! You’re probably LetPlummerPlay in disguise, LOL!
Stats don’t lie owned. And I am merely arguing that it is wrong for “true fans” to hate on Jake. He WAS a great QB. Never said I wanted him to come back. I also live in Arizona and am an ASU alum/employee. I have seen Jake play his whole career. Know your facts before you bash somebody. Jay is the future and I fully support him and my beloved Broncos, but don’t bash the guy who was a part of a Broncos team that WASN’T under .500!
Explain to me how we can get on the subject of Jake on this Blog???? I dont know if you have the ability to read but this blog is about a D-lineman not a quaterback….
Alright, STOP with the impersonations! Who’s trying to turn me into the next pathetic LPP? I liked Plummer, but he’s gone now. If he was a real man, he’d be playing for Tampa this year. Instead he’s at home crying in his granola. Jay is our future. Give him 15 years and he’ll have twice the 4th quarter comebacks of Plummer. He’s a natural at it already.
Dekrey is right, how the hell do we start talking about Tom Brady and Jake Plummer on a D-Lines blog?
Dekreydroncofan
Ignorant people who try to make Cutler look good by bashing other people rather than let Cutler prove his worth, that is how. Cutler is WAY better than Elway too. You can tell by his first 9 games….LMAO!!!
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Jamarcus Russel sucks!
Here’s a guy who doesn’t know when to stop!
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And because some homo with a password cracking program hacked my password and is talking smack instead of making any intelligent arguments to PROVE Jay Cutler is better than ANY qb.
Wormy,
Maybe we don’t hate Jake, but maybe we just hate you an LPP talking about him… Maybe your attempt to make him be remembered in a good light is to soon, and you need to wait a few years. I guess attempting to talk him up a few years from now wont make since because Jay Cutler will wipe our memory that Plummer ever existed, because that’s how good he was. No one will ever forget Payton or Brady but in a decade people will be saying Jake who when you bring him up, and I think that talks louder about how good a player was than any stat you can waist your day finding. Would you agree Andrew?
There’s a guy who can’t spell MADDEN, LOL!
Yo Travis, let’s roll one up and BLAZE!
A valid point Dkey. But those of us who TRULY love the Broncos don’t forget the past and the players who have made us one of the greatest franchises in sports. Who was that guy who wore #7? There were people who played QB for the Broncos before Jay Cutler? Wow, I had forgotten. My mistake.
You are all right. Jake Plummer sucks. Jay Cutler is WAY better than Elway and Plummer and will shatter every one of his records and be a hall of famer!!!! There, is that intelligent enough for you Cutler lovers, cuz that is what you are saying by comparing a “rookie” to Jake or Elway. Once again, talk smack about Plummer when and IF he has played long enough to make a valid comparison!!!! Not after 10 games!!!!
Touché, but I don’t think anyone believes Jay is the Next Elway. Maybe he is the next Jake, and will show how good Jake could have been had he started with a team that had good personnel around him. Instead he played for Arizona and had to play like an Elway but never was by caring a mediocre at best team until the final years of his carrier. It’s not like anyone was talking about how bad it was for us to get rid of Brian Grease when he did a thing or two for the Bears, but I am sure there were some Grease fans thinking about it. You boy wiped the Memory of what some people called “The future of our franchise” by getting us to the playoffs. Now say Jay gets us to the super bowl in the next 2 or 3 years. Will anyone say oh man too bad they didn’t have Jake Plummer? I don’t think so do you?
Exactly. Jake is gone. He is a bitch for retiring. Jay is the future, but lets not start falling all over ourselves saying Jay is the second coming of Jesus or something. We all though Griese would be pretty damn good too. Ryan Leaf was supposed to be the SHIZNIT!! Great QB’s are rare, it is not time to anoint Jay just yet. Nobody misses Jake and his mistakes, but lets not forget that he won 75% of his games with Denver and led us to the playoffs 3 straight years. Jay needs to do SOMETHING before people start comparing him to an OK qb like Jake or a GREAT qb like Elway.
This ongoing drama about Denver QB’s is laughable and getting annoying. This post is about defensive lineman. Bad enough going to have to hear about Bonds more than I ever wanted to, and then to come on here and it’s the same people talking about the same BS. Jake was good QB that plays handball. Elway is a Hall of Famer with a furniture line. I don’t follow handball or furniture lines. I follow the Broncos and right now Cutler is he QB and I follow him until he’s not. Some of you belong on daytime TV (day of our lives). Stop living in the past.
Peterson, I hope you can bring better run defense and pass rush to this team. Hope to see you corraling VY on Monday. Hopefully you can free up Elvis for more sacks in his Pro Bowl performance season.
Go Broncos
Bronx,
That is about the best comment I have ever heard. Absolutely true. My bad for getting in this argument in the first place. As for Bonds, all I have to say is that he doesn’t have to make his little “it is me or the ball” comments about the hall of fame. Goodbye records, goodbye Hall. Hello Michael “Ron Mexico” Vick’s new cellmate. PRICELESS!!! Couldn’t think of a better ending to their careers.
You don’t worry about what anybody says I know that is easier said than done. One thing I learned when I lived in Denver in the 80′s and watched
how the fans there would turn on him when he had a bad game and the press would eat him alive but when he was good it was all good,that used
to make me so mad if you are a true fan you don’t get down on someone
without knowing all the facts.you hold your head high and I know you will
play with all your heart on Monday nite the team needs you on that line.
Just bring it!!
good luck you no#1 fan in Kansas
Hot97
Thanks Kenny, my dad says th same thing. As fans we forget that you guys are human and we don’t have all the answer. i respect a guy who is straight forward and to the point. You got my respect
Kenny
You rock man.You got the skills on the field and the stones to face all the haters that don’t know how it is to play and work under the enormous preasure that you have had to endure to be great.Keep your chin up man !!
GO BRONCOS!!!
KENNY , HELP BRONCOS
…..oh, and we have the blog police making sure we can’t talk about people from the past. Yeah, I forgot real Broncos fans don’t respect the players that came before now. Riiiiiiiiiiiiight. And to the guy who said he is a “bitch” for retiring, I gotta disagree. I respect the guy for walking away under his terms, and not hanging on too long like some players do. “bitch for retiring” Wow, are we in 3rd grade or what?
I am very excited that you came out and voiced your self to everyone. I can’t say that i have never judged anyone, but i try not to and i certainly never thought any less of you because honestly i didn’t know much about your situation. And i like to reserve judgement til i know all the facts. No one told your whole story, just one day espn said you were suspended for violating the substance abuse policy and that was it they never elaborated. And because(no offense) your not a big house hold name no one truthfully said anything about your situation except that you were just suspended. Any i just want to show you some respect for explaining your situation more.
Here is something I am confused with. Wouldnt all substances players might be interested in using (fat burner, pain pill, muscle builder, ect ect ect) be available through the team?
With all the money spent on a football team, wouldnt it be easier to have some guys on the payroll who go through all the products out there and compare it to the Banned Substance list of the NFL, and then let the players know what to take and what not to take?
Just seems like the logical thing to do.
hahahaha, you lame asses are still arguing over plummer vs cutler lol what a bunch of schmucks!
Cutler is our qb and will be for the next 12 years, deal with it!
Thank you Kenny Peterson for you work ethic and the great team work you give to the broncos… Welcome Back I hope you have a great game against the Titans.. God Bless
Hey…I love the fact that we really mix it up, shake it down, tear it apart, and do it all in the name of blogging because WE all LOVE our Broncos! But with all due respect, and smack-talking aside, why does anyone in here continue to “HARP” on Plummer. He was a good regular season player(as records indicate) but he had no heart for the postseason, and anyone in here that watched Jake in the last AFC game could easily see. It’s not just the fans in here who thought Jake was mediocre, it was the NFL QB’s (Including HOF”ers) that all say the same thing. So even if you like him personally, his play for both Arizona/Denver was the same…AVERAGE at best. Plus, it’s a bitch to have to follow Elway. Personally, I dont think it will ever be done!
Please everyone stop giving Kenny Peterson a free pass. This was his 2nd suspension, not his 1st! So his effort to pontificate as though his sensibilities had been offended is quite ludicrous and childish. Let him earn his way back, THEN show him some bronco love!
GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK WITH THE TEAM KENNY. NOW HAVE FUN AND HELP US GET THIS WIN.
“NOW HAVE FUN AND HELP US GET THIS WIN.”
Nice pressure by Kenny, to MAKE Vince Young throw the ball … straight to Ian Gold. Good game all around by the Defensive unit, getting pressure and a few sacks on a mobile QB, like Young, is always good to see.
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